Drugs & Behavior

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An up-to-date overview of behavioral pharmacology. Drugs & Behaviorstarts with descriptions of basic pharmacological concepts of drug administration and pharmacokinetics, research methodology including clinical trials, tolerance and withdrawal, drug conditioning, addiction processes, and the neuroscience of drug action. Each chapter applies these concepts to different classes of recreational and therapeutic drugs. Each chapter also includes a section on the history of the drug class being described to place the drugs in their historical and social context. The text is written to be understandable to students without a background in pharmacology, neuroscience, or psychology. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: Understand the behaviors of people who use drugs as medicine and for recreation Understand new trends and developments in pharmacology Identify the subjective, behavioral, and neurological differences between the use of both classes of drug Note:MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit:www.mysearchlab.comor you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205900909.

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1. Brief Table of Contents

2. Full Table of Contents

1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Some Basic Pharmacology

Chapter 2 Behavioral Analysis of Drug Effects

Chapter 3 How We Adapt To Drugs – Tolerance, Sensitization, and Expectation

Chapter 4 Neurophysiology, Neurotransmitters, and the Nervous System

Chapter 5 Substance Use and Addictive Disorders

Chapter 6 Alcohol

Chapter 7 Anxiolytics and sedative-hypnotics

Chapter 8 Tobacco and Nicotine

Chapter 9 Caffeine and the Methylxanthines

Chapter 10 Psychomotor Stimulants

Chapter 11 Opioids

Chapter 12 Antipsychotic Drugs

Chapter 13 Antidepressants

Chapter 14 Cannabis

Chapter 15 Hallucinogens, Phantasticants, and Club Drugs

2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Some Basic Pharmacology

What Is A Drug?

Names of Drugs

Describing Dosages

Potency and Effectiveness

Primary Effects And Side Effects

Drug Interactions

Pharmacokinetics

Inhalation

Oral Administration

Transdermal Administration

Distribution of Drugs

Elimination

Combining Absorption and Excretion Functions

The Therapeutic Window

Chapter 2: Behavioral Analysis of Drug Effects

History of Behavioral Pharmacology

Research Design

Measuring Unconditioned Behavior of Nonhumans

Measuring Conditioned Behavior of Nonhumans

Measuring Behavior of Humans

Development and Testing of Psychotherapeutic Drugs

Chapter 3: How We Adapt To Drugs – Tolerance, Sensitization, and Expectation